<h2>Doug Chaffee</h2>
<p><strong>Illustrator/Artist</strong></p>
<p>Doug Chaffee is one of a handful of artists farsighted enough to realize the future of the human race is in the stars.  A product of Cold-War science fiction, Chaffee turned his energies to the technological.  He became the head of IBM&rsquo;s Art Department during the early years of the space race.  His career quickly skyrocketed as one of the leading artists not only in his genre, but of his generation.</p>
<p>Chaffee began illustrating space related subjects during a time when the space program was young and at a time when few artists knew how the Earth looked from space.  While the &ldquo;Space Age&rdquo; was in its infancy, his work was winning national awards in shows at such prestigious locations as the John F. Kennedy Aerospace Building in Washington and had been featured in the Smithsonian&rsquo;s National Air and Space Museum.  Several years before the Viking probes reached Mars, he illustrated a National Geographic article about the Red Planet, authored by Carl Sagan.</p>

<p>Chaffee&rsquo;s military art has been featured in national magazines.  His Apollo renderings were show
pieced at the world renowned Paris Air Show.  The United States Navy uses the Chaffee paintings of the Trident Submarine as the sub&rsquo;s official Project painting.  Chaffee also executed the official renderings of submarines, USS Los Angeles and USS Bergall.  Chaffee&rsquo;s range of military paintings not only include naval subjects, he is an expert illustrator of historical aviation, as well as ground operations.  Chaffee&rsquo;s illustrations have been featured in such publications as Surface Warfare, All Hands, and U.S. Navy Proceedings.   His military artwork has been seen all over the world.    A  recent  painting was done by Chaffee for the Air Force Special Tactics Group.</p>

<p>Best-selling author Tom Clancy (Hunt for Red October) is an enthusiastic collector of Chaffee&rsquo;s submarine art.  Clancy autographed fifty artist-proofs of Above Top Secret, after he purchased the original. </p>

<p>At the present time, Chaffee is busy illustrating Battletech and Magic games.  Chaffee&rsquo;s paintings have appeared in Inquest, Duelist, Scrye and Strategy &amp; Tactics magazines, as well as several game box and module game covers and interiors.  In 1990, Doug Chaffee was the Guest of Honor at the World Gaming Convention.</p>

<p>Chaffee&rsquo;s space-related paintings have included an on-site version of the Apollo 11 roll-out and prototype versions of the space shuttle.  Moonport, now offered in a very limited print run, was rendered from spec and technical drawings while Chaffee was head of IBM&rsquo;s Art Department.  The painting was produced several years before the completion of many of the vehicles and structures in rendering.</p>

<p>In the commercial field, his work ranges from General Electric diesel locomotives, to cars, and the painting which became the official poster of the 1982 World&rsquo;s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.  One architectural piece was commissioned for Saudi Arabia and is owned by an Arab Sheik.  He has worked for computer companies such as Sierra Dynamix and Microsoft.</p>

<p>Chaffee has also illustrated covers for science fiction paperbacks, and is currently rendering ROC Battletech covers.  He occasionally accepts a private commission in science fiction, as well as aerospace.  His work was featured on the program book cover for the 1986 World Science Fiction Convention in Atlanta.  The painting was Chaffee&rsquo;s version of Ray Bradbury&rsquo;s Martian Chronicles.</p>

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<p><strong>A FEW HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS</strong></p>
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<ul>
	<li class="infolist">1983 Nuclear Escalation cover for FLYING BUFFALO.  First game box cover.</li>

	<li class="infolist">1983 Began a period of TSR assignments for D &amp; D Books including color and half tone interiors for 2nd Edition Player&rsquo;s Handbook and Dungeon Master&rsquo;s Guide.  </li>

	<li class="infolist">Continued through the years doing covers for TSR as well as prototypes for many well known covers.</li>

	<li class="infolist">1990&rsquo;s produced historical and military covers for gaming magazines and box covers.</li>

	<li class="infolist">This was followed with work for FASA Corp. enabling me to do many Battletech books and box covers.  This continues to this day with work for Fan Pro.</li>

	<li class="infolist">Star Mercs and First In covers done for Steve Jackson in 2000.</li>

	<li class="infolist">From the late 1990&rsquo;s until the present; produced as many as 275 CCG paintings for many games.  Some of these are as follows:  Netrunner, Middle earth, Magic, Harry Potter, Shadow Run, Shadowfist, DragonStorm and Dune.</li>

	<li class="infolist">Check Fan Pro for my Battletech covers 3025, 3058, Warden Clans, many more.</li>

	<li class="infolist">Check Amazon.com for Battletech paperbacks Measure of a Hero, Test of Vengeance, Initiation to War, etc.</li>
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